Show Thread Enhancements - Ajax Thread (1stPost) Preview 1.5 Gold

I have abandoned this modification as I find myself lacking time to do any additional modifications to get it 100% stable.

I would highly recommend that you check out this hack by magnus, as this one seems to be 100% AND looks great. I fell in love with it so I am using it myself

The only thing it doesn't do is give you a preview of the attachments, so you're welcome to keep the attachments part of this hack and use it in conjunction with magnus' hack.

I may just rewrite the attachments part of this hack and re-release it as a standalone.


Here is the link to his modification:

Collapsable First Post using AJAX (or Last Post!)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=145187


-Sky-

[JohnBee]

Originally Posted by SkyCatcher

bah! I meant FORUMDISPLAY, sorry

Okay thanks for the correction. - I think I found the error

Find: (DO THIS TWO TIMES IN THE TEMPLATE)

Darned ADHD!

Icons: True
Not in Excluded Group: True
Mod Enabled: True
Forum Not Excluded: True

It looks like something is working now, whenever I hover over the down arrow, I get a message:

NOT FOUND!

The requested document cannot be found on this server
Web Server at myforums.net

Any ideas?

[JohnBee]

Okay it's working now. I had a permission issue with a few files on my server.
Thanks for your help

[SkyCatcher]

ok cool. 1 down, 1 to go...

How goes it lovelypk?

[JohnBee]

I really like this hack!
Things I would love to see...

1) Preview option from post title hover.
2) Quick reply to post click option.
3) Close on click anywheres away from window.
4) Previous / Next post (if available) < a guy can dream can't he

Great work

[RMS-Chef]

Originally Posted by SkyCatcher

You can define a set height and width here (in the JS file)

//if(params['height']) {ibox.style.height = params['height']+'px';} 
                    //else {ibox.style.height = '380px';}
                    ibox.style.height = '380px';
 
                    //if(params['width']) {ibox.style.width = params['width']+'px';} 
                    //else {ibox.style.width = '800px';}

Just change to

//if(params['height']) {ibox.style.height = params['height']+'px';} 
                    //else {ibox.style.height = '380px';}
                    ibox.style.height = '480px';
 
                    //if(params['width']) {ibox.style.width = params['width']+'px';} 
                    //else {ibox.style.width = '800px';}

Adding a set height to 480 in the example above. A scrollbar will show for the up/down scrolling if the post is taller than that.



Oh sorry, and also set:

height:45%;

in the CSS file for ibox_content

Thanks, overall that helps with the usability in my situation.

[SkyCatcher]

Mini-FAQ for common questions created to alleviate some of the questions from the start.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....25&postcount=2

[RMS-Chef]

Originally Posted by SkyCatcher

Mini-FAQ for common questions created to alleviate some of the questions from the start.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....25&postcount=2

I also made the close preview link a button image instead with this alteration (see red text):

 var strHTML = "<div id=\"ibox_w\" style=\"display:none;\"></div>";
 strHTML += "<div id=\"ibox_progress\" style=\"display:none;\">";
 strHTML +=  indicator_img_html;
 strHTML +=  "</div>";
 strHTML += "<div id=\"ibox_wrapper\" style=\"display:none;\">";
 strHTML += "<div id=\"ibox_content\"></div>";
 strHTML += "<div id=\"ibox_footer_wrapper\"><div id=\"ibox_close\" style=\"float:right;\">";
 strHTML += "<a id=\"ibox_close_a\" href=\"javascript:void(null);\" ><img src=\"images/buttons/preview_close.gif\" border=\"0\"></a></div>";
 strHTML +=  "<div id=\"ibox_footer\">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div>";

[RMS-Chef]

Still having the colspan issue with soft-deleted threads (only staff can see it so it's not a huge issue right now).

There is also a minor colspan issue when there is an active Announcement in the forum.

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

I also made the close preview link a button image instead with this alteration (see red text):

Awesome. Thank you very much for this. It's been added to the Faq



EDIT: Yeah, I'll have to go through a few pages to fix that. They don't use numbers like ="2" anymore.. instead they use a variable $threadcolumnspan or something like that so I'll have to track that down or add a plugin to increase it by 1. I'll be working on this again starting next week when I don't have to work every day.

[RMS-Chef]

NP, not being a coder I do not know how difficult it would be but it would be awesome if allowed usergroups could set this ON/OFF on a per user basis.

And take your time. It is quite functional as is and a terrific idea.
Get your PayPal info setup here and I will toss you a few bucks.